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Wednesday, November 17, 2004


Maybe it's ironic (dontcha think?) that Russia announces a new missile program the same week the Russians get a tour of a Top Secret DOE nuclear weapons assembly facility on the barren steppes of West Texas? Maybe not.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Wednesday that his country's armed forces will soon have access to advanced nuclear missile systems unavailable in any other country.

"We are conducting research and are testing the most up-to-date nuclear missile systems, which, I'm sure, will be supplied to the armed forces in the near future."
That's all well and good, but weigh that soundbite against this one:
"The United States has been working with our Russian counterparts for the past 10 years to ensure the security of nuclear-weapons grade materials," Wilkes said. "The group was here to discuss the importance of nuclear materials security and the best practices for protecting such material as well as to see such measures demonstrated at one of our NNSA sites."
So let me get this straight. We give them access to our top secret nuclear facilities, so they can give us the business end of a missile systems "unavailable in any other country?"

I never thought I would have said this but I think I read too much.



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